title: A disinhibitory circuit mediates motor integration in the somatosensory cortex.
abstract: The influence of motor activity on sensory processing is crucial for perception and motor execution. However, the underlying circuits are not known. To unravel the circuit by which activity in the primary vibrissal motor cortex (vM1) modulates sensory processing in the primary somatosensory barrel cortex (S1), we used optogenetics to examine the long-range inputs from vM1 to the various neuronal elements in S1. We found that S1-projecting vM1 pyramidal neurons strongly recruited vasointestinal peptide (VIP)-expressing GABAergic interneurons, a subset of serotonin receptor-expressing interneurons. These VIP interneurons preferentially inhibited somatostatin-expressing interneurons, neurons that target the distal dendrites of pyramidal cells. Consistent with this vM1-mediated disinhibitory circuit, the activity of VIP interneurons in vivo increased and that of somatostatin interneurons decreased during whisking. These changes in firing rates during whisking depended on vM1 activity. Our results suggest previously unknown circuitry by which inputs from motor cortex influence sensory processing in sensory cortex.
authors.affiliation: New York University Neuroscience Institute, Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, Smilow Research Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Soohyun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Illya
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kruglikov
authors.forename: Z Josh
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Gord
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fishell
authors.forename: Bernardo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rudy
mesh_terms: D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D000075402:Channelrhodopsins; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D019706:Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007395:Interneurons / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000502:physiology*; D009433:Neural Inhibition / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D010320:Parvalbumins / Q000235:genetics; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D010812:Physical Stimulation; D044406:Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT3 / Q000235:genetics; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000166:cytology*; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000235:genetics; D013779:Tetrodotoxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics; D014161:Transduction, Genetic; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / Q000235:genetics; D014738:Vibrissae / Q000294:innervation; D000099260:Empty Spiracles Homeobox Proteins
chemical_list: D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D000075402:Channelrhodopsins; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D010320:Parvalbumins; D044406:Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT3; D013004:Somatostatin; D013779:Tetrodotoxin; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide; D000099260:Empty Spiracles Homeobox Proteins